il salume

Ciao a tutti! It’s been a while since we did a theme week, so I thought it was time to bring it back. This week’s theme is brought to us by the blog, Smiling Eggplant and its owner, Cynthia! Cynthia has also recently started a Facebook page, Italian food words, a fun page that explains words and phrases related to Italian food and cooking. Let’s help her build an audience for her Facebook page! You will be surprised what you can learn about Italian language by studying its food and cuisine!

Today’s Parola del Giorno is the noun, il salume, which means cold cut. Cynthia warns us that we shouldn’t confuse salume with salame: salame is a type of salume! See the word used below in its context:

*NB: Un salumiere is the person who works in a salumeria, a shop where cured meats are sold. They sell a variety of cold cuts, cured meats and other tasty items! Some shops will even throw together sandwichs (panini) for their clients, at least in Rome they often do.

Benvenuti!

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